Bag-fastener.



I'. J. BROWN.

. BAG'FASTENER. APPLIUATION FILED APR. zo, 1909.

' Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

Wi tn e :was Mm narran sTATEs- Farrar carrer.

FLAVIUS J. BROWN, OF PLEMONS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO A. IVLLASATER, OF PLEMONS', TEXAS.

BAG-FASTEER.

943,175. Specification 0f Letters Patent- Patented Dec. la, 1909.Applcatilon led April 20, 1909. Serial-No. l31,0172

To all 'whom it mayV concern: portions 'of the section 4 being providedwith Be it known thatI, FLAviUs J. BROWN, a sockets 5 pressedoutwardly-or otherwise citizen of the United States, residing at formed.therein. Plemons, in the county of Hutchinson and The section 3 of theframe has openings G 5 State of Texas, have invented certain new adaptedto register with the sockets 5 and 6o and useful Improvements inBag-Fasteners, through the openings 6 are adapted to slide' of which thefollowing is a specification. the ends of latch bolts 7. rlhe bolts 7are The object of this inventionjis to provide mounted in bearings oropenings in'brackets extremely simple but effective locking means 8secured to the underside of the top of the l for hand bags, satchels,purses, or the like. section t of the frame and said bolts are 65 Theparticular' aim of the invention is to freely slidable longitudinally insaid secure a locking mechanism for articles of brackets. Springs 9connected with the this class and which is readily operable by boltsand` preferably located between the one hand in order to disengage thelockingy ends of the brackets 8 are adapted to nordevices from theportions of the frame of mally tend to project the bolts 7 outwardly 70the hand-bag engaged thereby, the manner so as to engage in the socketswhen the of operating the locking mechanism being frame sections arebrought together1 in closextremely simple and convenient so as'tolingthe bag. i make the same especially desirable for use by At thecentral portion of the Jframe secphysicians and persons having only onearm. tion 4 and pivotally mounted on a pivot l0 75' For a fullunderstanding of the invencarried by said section are the levers l1 bytion, reference is to be had to the following which the bolts 7 areoperated. The pivdetail description and to the accompanying otal ends ofthe leversll cross one another drawings, in which and each lever has itslower end connected Figure l is a side elevation showing the withthesliding bolt 7 more remote from 80- hand-bag to which the invention isapplied; said lever. ln other words diagonally op- Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view-bringposite levers and bolts are connectedtoing out more clearly the mounting of the gether, the levers beingadapted to besimullocking mechanism on the frame of the hand taneouslylifted into the dotted line posi 3G bag, the parts being shown indot-ted line tions shown in Fig. 2, in order to withdraw 85 positions aswhen operated to release the -the bolts 7 from the sockets 5. The adja#locking mechanism-g Fig. 3 is a transverse cent ends of the levers 1land bolts 7 are section taken about on the line 3 3 of Fig. pivotallylconnected and the action of the 2; and Fig. 4l is a section taken abouton the parts is readily apparent by reference to lined-A of Fig. 2. pFig. 2.

Throughout the following detail descrip- On the outer endsV of\ thelevers 1l are tion and on the several figures of the drawfinger loopslla on the lower sides of which' ings similar parts are referred to bylike are formed the U-sliaped catches 11b 'prefreference characters.erably integral therewith. .The purpose of adapted for application forhandbags of --tions 3 ands on opposite sides so that these various sizesand types, a conventional type sections are ,firmly held in closedpositions being illustrated in the drawings. by the cooperation of thecatches 1lb' and Describing specifically the construction of the slidingbolts 7.

a0 In carrying out the invention, the same is the catches 11b is to'embracethe frame sec- 95 the invention in the drawings l denotes the Toopen the Satchel it is only necessary to 100- handbag which is providedwith a suitable raise the levers l1 thus disengaging the handle 2connected therewith in any concatches 1lb from the sectionsA of thelframe venient manner. The bag 2 is provided and simultaneouslydisengaging the bolts 7 with the usual frame composed of sections 3 fromthe sockets 5. 0and et pi'votally connected together at their As aconvenient means for locking the 105 lower portions, in a manner notshown, but hand bag closed a llock may be applied at which is common inarticles of this class. the central portion of the section 3, said sec-The frame section 3 isadapted to fit at its tion having akeyhole'opening l2 for the inupper portion in the frame section/l astroduction of a key that is adapted Vto acshown most clearly in Figs. 3and 4,'the end tuate a lock bolt 13 vertically movable be- 110 ends einebons i, its

When the bolt 13 is in in full linesin Figs. 2j. are locked frommovement and the levers 11 cannot be received.

When, however, the wardl lines Y1n Fig. 3 the opened.

It may bolt 13 is moved downinto the position shown in dotted satchelmay be readily be noted that the levers 11 may be made of any suitable4size and will of course be smaller in. proportion when the lockingdevice comprisingthe invention is used in connection with bags of a sizeconsiderably larger than illustrated in 'Fig'. 1

. Various modifica construction of sorted to within tions of 'thedetails o the invention may be re'- the spirit thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what 1s claimed as new is:

1. Invcoinbination, a i frame sections adapted to open and with respectt'o one handbag embodying close another, latch: bolts mounted formovement in opposite directions on one of the frame sections and adaptedto engage the other section,

a pair of levers each lever being connected with one.

'oithe bolts, a pivot common to both levers,

means normally tending to hold the bolts in y engagement with t hesections to lock the rof saidl sections are engaged'b and movable towardthe bolts from. their sockets,

saine closed, and ve'is to engage the frame sections to lock the sameclosed.

2. A handbag comprising frame sectionsY adapted to open and close withrespect to one another, bolts mounted on one section and arranged toengage the other section to lock'the two sections closed, levers foropera tion of said bolts, and catches carried by the levers exterior tothe bag to engage. and holdthe frame sections together when both thebolts. 3. A handbag comprisingv rame sections, oppositely sliding bolts4on one section, the other section having socketsto receive said bolts,levers on the section carrying the bolts, a pivot common tofsaidlevers,'p1votal connections between the levers being exteriort'to the`frame sections one another to ,release catches carried by the outerendsofthe l'evers to embrace -the frame 'sections and hold the sametogether.

In testimony whereof I atlxniy signature in presence of two witnesses.

. FLAviUs lnnown'. Witnesses:

catches car-riedby the le levers and bolts, the

and U-shaped

